Turkish area in grip of national rioting (9)
I believe the answer is:
anatolian
'turkish' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'area in grip of national rioting' is the wordplay.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'in grip of' indicates putting letters inside.
'rioting' is an anagram indicator.
'national' with letters rearranged gives 'anatolin'.
'a' put inside 'anatolin' is 'ANATOLIAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for anatolian that I've seen is " From part of Turkey".)